Variety reports that Joseph Gordon-Levitt will replace James McAvoy in the upcoming comedy formerly titled I’m With Cancer. Seth Rogen also stars in the production for Summit/Mandate.

Summit told Variety that McAvoy left the project, set to shoot next week, “due to unrelated circumstances beyond his control.”

The cast also features Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anjelica Huston, and Philip Baker Hall. Jonathan Levine will direct. (Source)

Irish American actress Anjelica Huston has signed on to star in Anna Kendrick’s follow up movie from her Oscar Nominated “Up in the Air.” Huston will join cast, Philip Baker Hall, James McAvoy and Seth Rogen in filming the quirky movie in Vancouver in the next few months.

The movie, directed by “The Wackness’s” Johathan Levine, is a comedy about a twentysomething (McAvoy) who discovers he has cancer and his ensuing battle to fight it. It’s based on the real story of Will Reiser, (he writes the script) who also successfully battled cancer.

It is unclear what part Huston will be playing.

Debbie Singer has launched a website called Dear Seth Rogen:

I’m an actress, writer and comedian. Thanks to a family connection, I’m pretty sure Seth Rogen is going to produce my sitcom pilot!

According to reports, Michel Roy, head of Canada’s federal film agency Telefilm, is urging the Conservative government to ease restrictions allowing foreign film actors to appear in publicly-funded movies. Current tax rules require the lead actor or second lead to be Canadian.

Roy said he believes more US movie stars would help Canadian movies at the box office, especially English Canadian features, which accounted for only one per cent of Canadian box office receipts in 2009.

“We need to make changes,” Roy said. “In order to make those changes we will have to dare to do new things that at times might shock some people.”

Roy says Telefilm, which has invested nearly a billion dollars into the domestic industry since 2000, has been holding discussions with officials at Heritage Canada.

Meanwhile Canadian leading actors, including Ryan Reynolds (“The Green Lantern”) and Seth Rogen (“The Green Hornet”), continue to dominate in US films, which leads to speculation that it may not be the ’stars’ of films that attract audiences, but rather universal themes and stories.

Expect ACTRA, the Canadian film actors union, that has been lobbying the industry for more ‘Canadian’ stories, to have some choice words over Roy’s new recommendations. (Source)

The nominees of the 23rd Annual Kids’ Choice Awards have been unveiled. Congratulations to Seth and everyone involved with Monsters Vs. Aliens because they received three nominations:

Favorite Animated Movie
“Monsters Vs. Aliens” (2009)

Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie
Seth Rogen – “Monsters Vs. Aliens” (2009)
Reese Witherspoon – “Monsters Vs. Aliens” (2009)

The 23rd Annual Kids’ Choice Awards will be held on March 27 at 8 P.M. and aired live on Nickelodeon. Beside honoring movie, the awards show will present prizes to those in TV, music, sports, literature and game. (Source)

At the Cinematic Vanguard Awards, SuperheroHype spoke to upcoming comic book movie villain — Christoph Waltz — about his roles in Green Hornet. Waltz plays L.A. crime boss Chudnofsky, who is attempting to unite the city’s crime families. Waltz explained why his character is against the Green Hornet, and mentions an unsurprising semi-spoiler that Green Hornet may have the villain lose.

“Well, because he’s a competitor. There’s a misunderstanding between the two of them and they have to sort it out through the course of the movie. They do sort it out through the course of the movie, but unfortunately it happens fatally for one of them and it wasn’t Seth [Rogen].”

Green Hornet opens December 22, 2010. (Source)

It’s going to be a little “Eclipse” reunion on the set of the film tactfully titled “Seth Rogen Untitled Cancer Dramedy.” According to Variety, Bryce Dallas Howard is joining Anna Kendrick and the rest of the A-list cast on the film once titled “I’m With Cancer.”

Adding to the class reunion is Summit Entertainment, who will be distributing the film, as well as Vancouver, the set location for both this film and “The Twilight Saga. Fortunately, the two sexy male stars of this film aren’t Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, but rather Seth Rogen and James McAvoy.

Though the replacement title seems to label Seth Rogen as the leading man, the film’s synopsis says it’s James who is really the star of the show. The film is said to be about a 25-year-old (James) who finds out he has cancer, and that the character is based on screenwriter Will Reiser’s real-life experience after he was diagnosed with the disease in his mid-20s. It seems to bode well for James’ character that Will lived to tell the tale.

Since so little is known about the plot of the film, it’s hard to say what role any of the cast will play in the final print. It’s definitely going to be exciting to see Anna’s and Seth’s very different brands of comedy face off against James and Bryce, who we haven’t really seen show off their comedic chops (unless you consider “Wanted” or “Lady in the Water” comedies).

The film still seems a bit far away from a production start date, so hopefully we will see a few more A-listers added to the billing sheet but, if not, these four names are exciting enough to get us to keep this movie in mind as the weeks go on. (Source)

The Green Hornet, due in theaters this December, will not be your average comic-book movie. I can say that with confidence despite never having seen a single frame for two reasons: One, it stars Seth Rogen, who is many things but surely not a generic action star. Two, it’s being directed by Michel Gondry, the one-of-a-kind French auteur behind head trips like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep.

“It’s the first time I did such a big project, which is a very important movie for Sony,” Gondry, who’s just moved on to the editing stage after completing shooting, tells EW. “I know the pressure on me to deliver. But on the other hand, it seems that they let me do a lot of crazy things.”

Such as…?

“I have to be careful of the words I use, because if the studio reads my comments and finds words that could alienate the broad audience, they will kill me,” Gondry jokes. “We had such a good relationship with Seth Rogen and [producer] Neal Moritz that it went well. There was no tension. They encouraged me to be myself, and encouraged Seth to be himself. I think we made a good team.” He adds, “There are a lot of explosions and stuff, which was not my specialty. On the other hand, the way the action unfolds is sort of geometrical…The main villain is played by Christoph Waltz, who did an amazing performance. I think it took a very special direction.”

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Sorry these have taken me so long to upload, I’ve added Blu-ray quality screen captures from, “Funny People”. “Funny People” starred Seth Rogen, Adam Sandler, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana, Jonah Hill and many more familiar faces. Head over to the gallery for the latest additions.

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I’ve added over 100 high quality (HQ) images into the gallery of Seth attending various events throught the years. I want to give a big thank you to Mata (www.zach-quinto.net) for providing me with the images! Head over to the gallery for the latest additions.

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